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...school now has assets worth more than $6 billion, but the prize of its collection is the huge bloc of stock in the Hershey company...
...defenders of Christmas. A popular rallying cry of the foot soldiers in the war on Christmas is "Jesus is the reason for the season." Often, however, it seems that being able to score a half-price Nintendo DSi and a "Merry Christmas" from the checkout clerk is the real prize. The Religious Right has spent decades casting secular culture as the enemy. And yet instead of critiquing the values of the consumer marketplace, many conservative Christians have embraced it as the battleground they seek to reclaim...
KARIM SADJADPOUR, an analyst at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, responding to reports that the Iranian government confiscated the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize of Shirin Ebadi (right). Iranian officials have denied the accusation...
...lauding the Obama administration (and awarding it the Nobel Peace Prize) for “change,” then perhaps we should equally shake up our holiday traditions. In holiday seasons past, many of us have grown accustomed to shopping for gifts only for ourselves and those close to us. This year, let’s have Santa re-direct our Christmas presents to help President Obama get a jump-start on his proposed initiatives—those who are able should take a new approach to presents this year by donating time or money to a charity...
While we will all be waiting to see if Obama lives up to the promise of the Nobel Peace Prize with the undertakings in motion, we should also hold ourselves accountable for “change” and make an impact—no matter how big or small—on some of the things we hope to improve. Whether it be donating time, money, or effort, giving philanthropic presents rather than materialistic ones will reap benefits for long after the holiday season has passed. While only time will tell if Obama is the “change...